The Continued Persecution Of Young Nigerian Activists By The FG
The Nigerian government seems not to be fighting its most important wars against insurgents and terrorists. It is rather fighting against its vibrant youth population who have only committed the ‘crime’ of demanding for better governance and organising themselves well in the process. The Nigerian government is expending effort into victimising youths, who are […]
How Lagos East Bye-Election Indicates That Nigerians Are Still Not Voting
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tokunbo Abiru, was declared the winner of Saturday’s Lagos East senatorial district bye-election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The winner defeated his closest rival, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a landslide. Read more about Politics The INEC Returning Officer for […]
Where Were You? When Balarabe Musa Governed Kaduna (1979-June 1981)
Balarabe Musa, until his death, was not only renowned for being a one-time progressive governor of Kaduna state, he was also a major critic of successive Nigerian governments and friend of major pro-democracy movements. Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa was born on the 21st August 1936 in Kaya, Kaduna State. He attended Zaria Middle School (1947–1952) […]
Federal Ministry Of Information As A Theater Of Disinformation
On October 8, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2021 budget to the National Assembly. Of the N13 trillion budget, education was a paltry 6.3% of the total. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, seems to have taken up the role of educating and informing Nigerians on the situation of things since the […]
A Month After 20/10/20 #LekkiMassacre – What Has Changed
The 20th of October, 2020 will remain a traumatic day for many Nigerians who witnessed, live, the massacre of peaceful protestors at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos. The events of that day will remain equally traumatic for those who took vigil and watched the massacre via livestream to their mobile screens. One month after […]
Nigerians in History: Nwafor Orizu
Prince Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor Orizu was born on 17 July 1914. He was Igbo extraction and Nigeria’s second Senate President from 16 November 1960 to 15 January 1966, during the Nigerian First Republic. Orizu was also Acting President of Nigeria from late 1965 until the military coup of January 1966. He was a member […]
#EndSARS: UK Parliament Will Debate Sanctions Against Buhari On November 23rd
Following petitions signed by hundreds of thousands of Nigerian citizens asking the UK Parliament to look into human right abuse by the Nigerian government and security agencies, the parliament has finally reached a resolution to debate sanctions against the President Muhammadu Buhari led government on November 23, 2020. Read more about #EndSARS Petitions were […]
Social Media Roundup
This week opened just like any other since #EndSARS as most hot topics were built around the protests and aftermath. The social media space has been heavy with news of this kind ever since. Read more about Social media roundup #FreeToyin Last week on social media, the major trend was built around the government’s […]
How Stuff Works: The Nigerian Legislature
The Nigerian legislature as we know it today is the National Assembly (abbreviated as NASS usually). That arm of government as is presently constituted is really a product of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution which has produced Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999- date). The body is bi-cameral which means it operates two houses – the Senate and […]
Is The Federal Government Rolling Back The Gains Of #EndSARS?
By now, it is evident that the little gains of reforms in governance which were rammed through during the #EndSARS campaign may have been rolled back one after the other. Particularly related to police interaction with civilians, a signal from the Inspector General of Police (IGP) which was made available to the public on […]
Nigerians In History: Evan Enwerem
Early life Evan Enwerem was born in Ikeduru, Imo state, Nigeria, on 29 October 1935. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. He was a Nigerian politician who served as President of the Nigerian Senate in 1999. Read more about Nigerians In History Political Career Enwerem served […]
Analysis: Why The Northern Governors And Rulers Meeting Is A Travesty
On Monday, November 2nd, 19 Northern governors under the chairmanship of Solomon Lalong of Plateau state, came together with some Northern traditional rulers to meet some Federal government representatives in Kaduna. Read more about Politics More Details: Information minister Lai Mohammed said the meeting which was at the instance of President Muhammadu is billed to […]
US Election: Esther Agbaje And Nnamdi Chukwuocha Also Win Big
After Oye Owolewa made the rounds as the first Nigerian to be elected into the Congress of the United States, two Nigerians followed suit as they, Esther Agbaje and Nnamdi Chukwuocha, emerged as members of state House of Representatives in the US elections. Read more about Politics Esther Agbaje, 35, vied for elections under […]
How To Recall Your Erring Legislative Representative
This should be common knowledge but knowing that young people even nowadays are far detached from political matters, they will be forgiven for not paying mind to these things. We must understand that elections are not all there is to the democratic process and that there are different dimensions to how citizens can get […]
ThrowBack Thursday: When Dele Giwa’s Name Was Cast In Gold With A Bomb (1986)
In a time in our nation, Nigeria, where serious, truthful and unbiased reportage of controversial matters is lacking, the legacy of investigative journalism left behind by Dele Giwa is hardly equalled. Born Sumonu Oladele Giwa in Ife, Osun state, southwest Nigeria, on March 16, 1947, he grew up in Ife where he had his […]
Petition For INEC To Begin Early Voter Registration
I have always been of the opinion that Nigeria needs a hard reset. Things are not working because they are simply not built to work. At least not for the greater majority. Unfortunately, the so-called process of nation-building has been a process that most Nigerians have not participated in for the most part. Read more […]